Racing For A Reason

For the past few years I’ve been racing in triathlons, my first Ironman, 5k’s, 10k’s, half marathons and the like.

Needless to say I love endurance racing, but the greatest joy I get from it besides crossing the finish line is watching my friends catch the bug for it.

I have a few friends who have ventured into triathlons or running races because some how I infected them with the endurance sport go juice and I think they realized.. “well heck! If Spence can do it, I can do it!”

But now it’s time to go to another level. For the longest time, most of my racing has been about two things… Me and Getting other people to get off the couch to do something good for their body, mind and soul.

Now I’m going to add number 3.

Ready for it?

It’s time to start raising money that will help change someone else’s life while I’m improving my own health and well-being.

I have chosen to raise money for my two favorite charities who are both on the front lines of a huge battle. I haven’t quite figured out what the process is going to be as far as picking the races and which races I will tie to which charity, but I’m pretty sure I will have that piece figured out shortly.

Here they are…

1. Team LIVESTRONG… I have too many friends right now dealing with cancer or have died from it and frankly… I passionately hate cancer and think it has no place here on earth. Anything I can do to help find a cure is absolutely the least I could do.

2. Team Compassion… If you have been following my blog, you know I love Compassion International. Compassion is about ready to go live with an online fundraising tool and team building community for those wanting to raise money for Compassion through endurance racing. (5k, 10k, half marathons, full marathons & triathlons) This is a brand new effort for Compassion and I’m really excited to be working with a great group of people to see this dream come to life.

Here’s where I could use your help.

1. Donate when the time comes. That’s a given.
2. Help keep me accountable once I lay out the race schedule and fundraising needs – I will be posting updates on training, fundraising and stories from each organization through out the process.
3. Join me. If you have never done anything like this before, you can do this. It’s how I first got into my first half marathon never knowing I would ever complete an Ironman. If you have questions email me. I will show you how I got started.

Let’s make a difference… not just in our own health but let’s raise money for people who need the support and love from people they don’t even know.

OK… so what do you think?

Are you in? Who’s with me…